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Kupwara hospitals face shortage of medicines
Docs’ body alleges cover-up in spurious drugs scam
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Employees’ march towards Raj Bhawan foiled
Free medicare for newborns till 1-yr: Azad
Two CRPF men among 7 hurt in road
accidents
Shutdown in Anantnag against separatist leader’s detention
CET biology paper leaked, board postpones exam
Srinagar police issues traffic plan for Prime Minister’s visit
Kupwara residents threaten stir against power crisis
Leave no waste material un-segregated: SMC chief
Gujjars demand resolution of tribal issues, urge PM for special package
Three-day Nephrology conference gets underway
Withdraw ban on excursions to Pahalgam, says leader
‘Late marriages cause moral waywardness’
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Kupwara hospitals face shortage of medicines
Kupwara, June 22 “The supplies have not reached the hospitals for the past more than four months. Although, hospital management purchases medicines from the open market, but a large number of patients are forced to buy medicines from chemists,” said an employee working in Kupwara sub-district hospital. For the past many months, the hospital authorities had been purchasing IV fluids and medicines by using the hospital development fund collected by selling Out Patient Department (OPD) tickets, sources said. The sources said medicines to the hospitals in Kupwara district had not been supplied since mid-February this year. They said a large quantity of spurious drugs supplied in March was returned by the management. As many as 28 medicines, including Buscopan, Ampicillin, Soframycin, Paracetamol and a range of antibiotics, were either not available in major hospitals and health centres in the district or were available in very limited quantity. “Yesterday, I purchased medicines worth Rs 300 from a chemist shop which should have been available in the hospital. For the past one month, I am suffering from hypertension. Almost every week, I visit the Zachaldara hospital for treatment, but every time I am forced to purchase IV fluids and medicines from chemists,” said Mohd Maqbool, a farmer from Kahipora village located under the jurisdiction of Handwara tehsil. Other patients also complained that shortage of essential medicines forced them to purchase them from chemists. “My spouse has severe urinary tract infection (UTI) and I have to purchase all medicines, including IV fluids, from the chemist,” said Tariq Ahmad, a resident of Handwara. Kupwara Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Aleem-u-din said the management used hospital development fund to purchase medicines so that patients do not suffer. “I am hopeful that the Drug Control Department will deliver the supplies next week and the medicines will be made available at all hospitals and health centres in the next two weeks,” said the CMO. Apart from seven major hospitals, 127 PHCs cater to the medical needs of the people in the district. |
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Docs’ body alleges cover-up in spurious drugs scam
Srinagar, June 22 Asking the members of their fraternity to observe June 25 as “black day” and wear black badges, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) president Dr Nissar-ul-Hassan, during a press conference here today, said it was aimed at registering their protest at the alleged inaction by the government in the spurious drugs scam. Over 2.5 lakh fake Maximizin-625 tablets, which were found containing zero milligram of Amoxicillin instead of containing 500 milligrams of Amoxicillin, were distributed in the Kashmir and Jammu hospitals during 2011-2012. “There is a cover-up in the spurious drugs scams. A lot of patients have suffered by consuming fake drugs,” Nissar said, adding that the alleged culprits were roaming free. “As a mark of protest against the inaction of the government in the scam, we have decided that all doctors and paramedic staff of the Valley will wear black badges on the arrival of the Prime Minister and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi,” he said. “If Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi want to give some solace to the people of the Valley, they should ask the former health minister to step down from his Cabinet post till an impartial probe is conducted and suspend all the Central Purchase Committee (CPC) and board members,” he said. “Though the case is being monitored by the high court, but it appears that crucial evidence has been erased in the scam,” Dr Nissar said, who was accompanied by representatives of other paramedical association, during the press conference. |
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Employees’ march towards Raj Bhawan foiled
Srinagar, June 22 The employees also observed a pen-down strike in all the divisional, district, and tehsil offices across the state. Work in various government offices, schools and colleges remained affected as a result of the pen-down strike. Protest rallies were taken out by the employees in Jammu and Srinagar, respectively. The police cane charged and used water cannons to disperse the protesters and detained nearly 200 protesting employees at the Kothi Bagh and Ram Munshi Bagh police stations. Leaders of the JCC will again meet on June 25 at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) at Bemina in Srinagar to chalk out the future course of action. Farooq Ahmad Trali, a JCC leader, said several employees were injured as a result of the clashes with the police and they were later admitted to SMHS Hospital. “Conditions of the injured employees are stable now,” Trali said. He described the pen-down strike observed in government offices as successful. Yesterday, the JCC had staged demonstrations in all the 22 districts of the state which passed off peacefully. Pertinently, the previous attempts of the JCC to gherao the Civil Secretariat or take out a protest rally were foiled by the police. The state government and the employees had reached a consensus last year when the government had agreed to meet some of the demands of the employees. However, this year, the employees resumed their protests after the state government failed to meet any of their demands. The demands include release of arrears recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission, enhancement of retirement age from 58 to 60 years, removal of pay anomalies and regularisation of daily wagers and casual workers working in various government departments. The other JCC demands are inclusion of five years of contractual service of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in the service book and regularisation of education volunteers after seven years of service. |
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Free medicare for newborns till 1-yr: Azad
Srinagar, June 22 The expenses will be borne by the government under the new additions to the Janani Suraksha Yojna. "We have introduced a new scheme for more care and comfort to pregnant women under which the government will take care of her treatment, diagnosis, transport and food at least six to seven months before the delivery and will also cover the newborns against all diseases for one year," he said. The new features to the scheme had been launched from Jammu and Kashmir, he said. Azad said a pregnant woman would receive free medicare during the pregnancy period along with free of cost transport facility to hospital. “The government will take care of her treatment, diagnosis, transport and food for at least six to seven months before the delivery at a government hospital," Azad said.
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Two CRPF men among 7 hurt in road
accidents
Srinagar, June 22 All the injured were shifted to the district hospital, Anantnag, the police spokesman said. In north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a truck skidded off the road at Shrani near Tangmarg resulting in injuries to two people, the spokesman said. Both the injured were shifted to a hospital for treatment. Nine-year-old boy drowns
Srinagar: A nine-year-old boy drowned when he was taking a bath in a reservoir in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, a police spokesman said here today. Adil Hussain (9), a resident of Tikpora village of Kupwara distrit, drowned in the reservoir this evening. |
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Shutdown in Anantnag against separatist leader’s detention
Anantnag, June 22 For the past 15 days, Yasir has been in police custody. He was shifted to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar
yesterday after his health deteriorated. Reports said all commercial establishments and schools in the area remained closed, while traffic plied normally. Police and CRPF personnel were deployed in full gear in the town. The call for the shutdown was extended by the Ummat-e-Islami (UeI) to demand the release of the group’s chairman and south Kashmir Mirwaiz Qazi Ahmad Yasir. Some religious clerics from the group had also courted arrest yesterday
at the Sadder Police Station to demand immediate release of Yasir. Members of the UeI also tried to take out a protest march after prayers yesterday which was thwarted by the security forces after they confined the protesters on the premises of Jamia Masjid, Anantnag. Yasir had to be shifted to Srinagar after he
complained of chest pain yesterday. He was rushed to the district hospital in Anantnag, from where doctors referred him to Srinagar, sources said, adding that he was still at the SMHS Hospital. Sources said after remaining under observation overnight, Yasir was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital this afternoon. |
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CET biology paper leaked, board postpones exam
Srinagar, June 22 The paper reportedly got leaked when one of the invigilators mistakenly distributed the biology paper instead of chemistry whose examination was conducted today. Consequently, a few copies of the biology question papers were recovered from some students. The BOPEE finally cancelled the chemistry paper and postponed the biology paper which was scheduled to be held on Sunday. Officials of the Board will soon announce the fresh dates of both the examinations, while the admit cards in possession of the candidates will have to be produced by the candidates at the time of examinations. |
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Srinagar police issues traffic plan for Prime Minister’s visit
Srinagar, June 22 The vehicles of these areas would be diverted towards Khanyar-Hazaratbal route at Badyari and no vehicle would be allowed towards Grand Palace-SKICC. Only tourist vehicles and Light Motor Vehicles would be allowed at Badyari towards Nehru Park and beyond Nehru Park no vehicle would be allowed towards SKICC. “All vehicles coming from Kralsangri, Taj Viventa, Brain Nishat, Shalimar, Harwan and its adjacent areas will be diverted towards Foreshore route to reach to their destinations,” a police spokesman said. All Nishat, Shalimar, Harwan and its adjacent areas bound vehicles would be diverted towards Dalgate Khanyar road to reach to their destinations. The spokesman advised all residents of Harwan, Nishat, Shalimar, Nehru Park and its adjacent areas to follow these directions strictly on the dates to avoid inconvenience while travelling in the city. |
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Kupwara residents threaten stir against power crisis
Kupwara, June 22 They threatened to take to the streets if the power scenario in the district was not improved. They said due to erratic power supply, fans, refrigerators and other electrical appliances remained non-functional most of the times. “Even the metered areas are not spared and subjected to frequent power outages. In the wake of erratic power supply to metered areas in Kupwara, the Power Development Department should do away with metering system or improve the power supply,” said Rouf Ahmad, a resident of Ticker in Kupwara district. The situation is even worse in non-metered areas. Delegations from villages, including Batergam, Trehgam, Kalaroose, Ganie Mohalla Sogam, Darpora, and Andurgbugh, located in the radius of around 20-km from Kupwara town, said the villages were reeling under severe power crisis. “Our studies are badly affected due to grim power scenario. During nights, power goes off for hours and in the absence of power, we are forced to study under candlelight,” said Muneer Ahmad, a Class XII student. Consumers in Handwara town also complained of erratic power supply. They said power outages had become order of the day. “For the past two weeks, power is playing hide and seek especially in the evening and night hours. We never know when the electric lamp will glow. Several times we requested officials of the power department to improve the power situation, but to no avail,” said Mohd Sadiq, a trader. Consumers of some Lolab villages complained of frequent unscheduled power cuts and low voltage. They said the voltage was so low that it even failed to illuminate the corner of a room. “If we see power at all during the evening hours, the voltage is so low that we are forced to lit candles. In spite of paying the power tariff in time, the power department has failed to improve the power scenario,” said Abrar Ahmad, a resident of Devar, Lolab. A senior power official said, “We cannot do much about improving the supply as the amount of power supplied to us is supplied to the consumers. We do not make any additional curtailment in power.” |
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Leave no waste material un-segregated: SMC chief
Srinagar, June 22 Qasba, who was accompanied by Bashir Ahmed, joint commissioner, administration, and other senior municipal officers, has issued clearcut directions that no waste material shall be left un-segregated before its disposal at landfill dumping site. He directed the ward officers to ensure the segregation of waste at source and hold regular interactions with households, shopkeepers and others, including the sweeper community, to educate people for switching over to waste segregation. The SMC Commissioner, during his tour to these areas, held a counselling session with various shopkeepers, hoteliers, locals and a group of students to educate them about the importance and significance of waste segregation at source and also appealed to them to restrict from throwing garbage in open. Meanwhile, the locals of Baage-mehtaab sought Qasba's intervention regarding sanitation issues of the area. |
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Gujjars demand resolution of tribal issues, urge PM for special package
Srinagar, June 22 “The package should be in a shape of resolution of all pending tribal issues with the Union Government including opening of a tribal university, inclusion of Gojri into eighth schedule of Indian Constitution and conduct of special census of nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals,” said Javaid Rahi, secretary of Tribal Foundation, in a statement here today. He said the Gujjars had been demanding a tribal university in the state since 2007 when the first-ever National Tribal University was established in Madhya Pradesh. “This demand is still pending with the Centre and we demand its early resolution. The university if established will promote studies and research in tribal art, culture, tradition, language, custom, medicinal systems, forest-based economic activities, including special studies in the flora and fauna, and advancements in technologies relating to natural resources of the tribal areas of the state,” Rahi said after chairing a meeting of the foundation. “The case for inclusion of Gojri language into official languages of India is still pending with the Union Government,” he said. The community also urged the Prime Minister to direct the department concerned to conduct a special census of lakhs of nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals of Jammu and Kashmir who are presently under seasonal migration along with their livestock to upper reaches of northwestern Himalayas. The organisation also demanded a special survey of Gujjars with a correct enumeration of their tribe under “shelter less category. He said they had also been demanding a full-fledged Gujjar regiment in the Army on the pattern of Jat, Rajput and Dogra regiments since 1947. “This demand is also pending with the Union Government,” he said. |
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School organises marathon run for children
Srinagar, June 22 The marathon aimed at inculcating etiquettes of exercise and brisk walk in the children. A large number of spectators and onlookers witnessed the marathon along its route from Rawalpora to Peerbagh. Interacting with the participants, school principal said, “Today is a great morning for all of us and it is so special to share it with so many children from the school. The parents hailed the efforts of the school authorities, saying that it was a good learning experience for them. “I think the best gift that I can take back from this marathon is the smiling faces of these little angels.” said Abdul Rashid, a parent. The participants were awarded with refreshments and certificates at the end of the marathon. |
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Three-day Nephrology conference gets underway
Srinagar, June 22 The inauguration ceremony was preceded by four scientific sessions in which various topics were deliberated upon by renowned nephrologists from various parts of the country and abroad. Dr Suresh Chander Dash, who is currently working as the director in Kalinga Institute at Cuttack, was felicitated at the inaugural ceremony. SKIMS director Dr Showkat A Zargar appreciated the Department of Nephrology for providing better patient care system. He said the SKIMS would try to introduce
postdoctoral courses in nephrology. On the inaugural day, papers were presented by Dr AK Hooda, Dr Muzafar Masood Wani, Dr Haroon Rashid, Dr Sanjay Gupta, Dr Sanjay Jain, Dr Vinay Malhotra, Dr Sanjeev
Saxena, Dr Sham Sunder, Dr OP Kalra, Dr Sanjeev Gulati and Dr PP Verma, secretary, Indian Society of Nephrology. The topics included
management of hypertension in chronic kidney diseases, chronic kidney diseases in pregnant women, urinary tract infection in diabetic and children and hospital acquired urinary tract infections. |
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Withdraw ban on excursions to Pahalgam, says leader
Srinagar, June 22 In a statement issued here today, Khan has termed the government order as heights of colonial domination, demanding that it should be withdrawn immediately. “The order is outrageous and hence condemnable, and in no way acceptable to the natives,” Khan said. In view of the Amarnath yatra, beginning June 28, director, school education, Kashmir, on Friday had issued orders to the educational institutions of Kashmir, both government and private, asking them not to send students on excursion and picnic to Pahalgam and
Sonamarg. |
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‘Late marriages cause moral waywardness’
Srinagar, June 22 “The growing trend of late marriages is a source of moral waywardness in the society,” said Mohammad Abdullah Wani, Jamaat chief, while addressing people at Kuchoo Muqam in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. He said it was unfortunate that ‘Nikkah’ had been made a complicated issue which leads to moral degradation in the society. “The parents, in particular, should encourage early marriages as per the Islamic teachings. The menace of late marriages needs to be tackled,” Wani said.
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